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Casual Learners - Innisfail

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Program Overview

As a Casual learner you will start (or change) your career in one of Canada's most active labour markets. Our Employment Specialists will help you design an employment plan that includes your personalized selection of Career Development, Essential Skills (including Computer Use & Continuous Learning workshops), a drop-in Job Club and Follow-up services.


Casual Learners

CD - Career Development

Career Development modules help you build the skills you need to begin and maintain a successful career. You will learn to understand your strengths and weaknesses, produce effective resumés, conduct work searches and give excellent job interviews.

CD Modules include:

CD-06 Resumé
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate resumé formats
  • Differentiate resumé styles
  • Define their Career skills and accomplishments
  • Create an effective resumé
  • Use a resumé checklist to confirm resumé completeness.
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CD-07 Cover Letter
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate cover letter formats
  • Differentiate cover letter styles
  • Define their Career skills and accomplishments
  • Create an effective cover letter
  • Use a cover letter checklist to confirm cover letter completeness
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CD-09 What Employers Want
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe current workplace demographic realities
  • Demonstrate understand workplace expectations
  • Engage in productive workplaces
  • Manage employers' perceptions
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CD-10 Interviewing Skills
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe interview types
  • Participate in the interview process
  • Respond to typical interview questions
  • Understand basic human rights
  • Demonstrate effective post interview steps
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ES - Essential Skills

Essential Skills (Computer Use, and Continuous Learning) provide the foundation for learning all employment skills so you can adapt your career to workplace change.

ES-01 Computer Use
These workshops provide basic computer skills training to familiarize learners with computer hardware and cloud-based software.
CT-01 Computer Basics
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe the basic hardware components of the computer
  • Start the computer, run programs and shut down the computer
  • Control program windows and menus
  • Access online help
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CT-02 Web Browsers
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Browse the World Wide Web
  • Find web sites
  • Return to sites using Google Bookmarks
  • Conduct career information searches
  • Conduct employment searches
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CT-03 Documents
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Create, save and share Google Documents
  • Edit documents
  • Select, move and copy text
  • Print documents
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CT-05 Email
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Create and send mail messages using Gmail
  • Attach documents to email messages
  • Reply to, forward and organize mail messages
  • Create and maintain a contacts list
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ES-04 Continuous Learning
More and more jobs require continuous upgrading, and all workers must continue learning in order to keep or to grow with their jobs. Continuous Learning prepares you for the ongoing process of acquiring skills and knowledge.
CD-05 Introduction to Career Planning
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Differentiate between Work, Job, Occupation and Career
  • Create a Personal Career Goal
  • Start a Career Plan
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CD-08 Work Search Techniques
After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe the labour market
  • Identify employment vacancy sources
  • Understand the hidden job market
  • Establish their networking comfort zone
  • Identify networking methods
  • Begin a network contact tracking worksheet
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JB - Job Club

JB is a collaborative group-directed, group-paced course that facilitates the development of job readiness, workplace & personal wellness skills.

The course provides a practical review of modules from Lokken's core curriculum including:

JB-01 Job Readiness
  • CD-05 Introduction to Career Planning
  • CD-06 Resumé
  • CD-07 Cover Letter
JB-02 Workplace & Personal Wellness Skills
  • CPM-03: Health & Wellness / Addictions
JB-03 Job Hunting
  • CD-08 Work Search Techniques
  • CD-09 What Employers Want
  • CD-10 Interviewing Skills
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FW - Follow-Up

The 14 Day Follow up reinforces the skills and experiences developed in Career Development Services. We will contact you 14 days after your last workshop to confirm that you achieved your career goal.

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Or by phone at 888-LOKKEN6 (1.888.565.5366).